# Shaun James - The Curse of the Fold

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<p class="callout info">Dadd4 is a C shape in the D position (slid up 2 frets) / Transitioning from C to Am, lift index finger</p>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-%5Bintro%5D%C2%A0am-%2F%2F%C2%A0dadd4%C2%A0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden;"><tbody><tr data-ln="13"><td>**\[Intro\]**   
Am // Dadd4 // C // Am // x2  
   
   
**\[Verse\] - (Finger-picking)**  
Am Dadd4 C Am  
Give me your heart and I'll show you how to feel  
Am Dadd4 C Am  
Send me your soul and you'll know what it is to be free  
 Dadd4 C Am Dadd4 C Am  
We all need a deeper purpose. One that's true and bold  
 Dadd4 C Am E7 Am  
The only thing that could hurt us is the curse of the fold  
  
   
**(Strumming)**   
 Am Dadd4 C Am  
I once knew a man who had fire in his eyes  
Am Dadd4 C Am  
Bloody right hand, he had taken his enemies lives  
 Dadd4 C Am  
The past was his torture  
 Dadd4 C Am  
The future held his hope  
 Dadd4 C Am E7 Am  
Until he chose his fortune has the curse of the fold  
  
\* \* \*  
  
**\[Chorus\]**  
  
 F G E7 Am F G E7  
  
Although you may feel like giving up, it's not the only road  
  
 F G E7 Am F E7 Am  
  
The path less often travelled holds the highest, the highest of hopes</td><td>**\[Instrumental\]**  
  
Em // Am // Em // Am // Em // Am // Em / Dadd4 /// (Am)   
  
Am // x8  
  
\* \* \*  
  
**\[Verse\] - (Finger-picking)**  
  
Am Dadd4 C Am  
  
Some used to say that I'd never scale this mountain  
  
Am Dadd4 C Am  
  
Now that I'm close they shut their eyes and draw their curtains  
  
Dadd4 C Am  
  
Those who don't believe  
  
 Dadd4 C Am  
  
Will always encourage defeat  
  
 Dadd4 C Am E7 Am  
  
They'll scream and shout and scold for the curse of the fold  
  
\* \* \*  
  
**\[Chorus\] - (Strumming)**  
  
 F G E7 Am F G E7  
  
Although I felt like giving up, it's not the road I chose  
  
 F G E7 Am F E7 Am  
  
The path less often travelled held the highest, the highest of hopes  
  
 F E7 Am  
  
Held the highest, the highest of hopes  
  
\* \* \*  
  
**\[Solo\]**  
  
Em // Am // Em // Am // Em // Am // Em / Dadd4 /// (Am)  
  
Am // x8</td></tr></tbody></table>